Labor market information analyzer for researchers, employers, staff and others

ABSTRACT

A computerized information system for analyzing labor market information consisting of a server having a plurality of categorizing and processing services for researchers, employers, staff and the like, a database of standard and proprietary format data and optional stored procedures operatively coupled with the server, and a plurality of input/output client devices operatively coupled with the server.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation-in-part application to U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 10/000,754, filed Nov. 2, 2001, the disclosure of which isherein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a computerized information system foranalyzing labor market information and more particularly pertains toproviding researchers, employers, staff, and the like with accessthrough a single user-friendly interface to self-service industry,occupation, and education information.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The ability to use the Internet or to use computers on a network tosearch databases for labor market information, or to request suchinformation from government agencies, are known in the art. However, nosingle method or system currently provides a user-friendly self-servicesystem that provides access to a comprehensive array of labor marketinformation for researchers, employers, staff, and others, via theInternet or on a computer. The present invention fulfills some of therequirements for compliance with The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) ofAug. 7, 1998.

Labor market information managed by the U.S. Department of Labor'sEmployment and Training Administration is stored in the America's LaborMarket Information System (ALMIS) database structure. Systems to accessthis standard database structure are known in the art. The presentinvention complies with the ALMIS database structure for all applicableinformation. As such the system is able to share industry, occupation,and education data available from federal, state, and local agenciesthroughout the United States.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives andrequirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe computerizedinformation system for analyzing labor market information that provideresearchers, employers, staff, and others with access though a singleuser-friendly interface to self-service industry, occupation, andeducation information.

In this respect, the computerized information system for analyzing labormarket information according to the present invention substantiallydeparts from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, andin doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose ofproviding researchers, employers, staff, and the like with user-friendlyaccess through a single interface to self-service industry, occupation,and education information.

Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need fora new and improved computerized information system for analyzing labormarket information which can be used by researchers, employers, staff,and the like through a single user-friendly interface to self-serviceindustry, occupation, and education information. In this regard, thepresent invention substantially fulfills this need.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types ofexisting methods of analyzing labor market information, the presentinvention provides an improved computerized information system foranalyzing labor market information. As such, the general purpose of thepresent invention, which will be described subsequently in greaterdetail, is to provide a new and improved computerized information systemfor analyzing labor market information and method which has all theadvantages of pre-existing methods and none of the disadvantages.

To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises acomputerized information system for analyzing labor market informationby researchers, employers, staff, and the like, and allowing staff tomanage and administer the system, providing researchers, employers,staff, and the like with access through a single interface toself-service industry, occupation, and education information, the systemcomprising in combination: a server having a plurality of analysisservices including categorizing and processing, the categorizingservices including a plurality of software components providing areaprofile, economic indicators, education, employer, population andcensus, income and wages, industry, labor force, occupation, andeconomic indicators, the processing services including a plurality ofsoftware components providing access control, automated data,cross-reference, de-normalization, demographic, depth-of-access, export,geography, grouping, income, education, economic projections, search,state control, timeframe, and user interface. The categorizingcomponents comprising the education category including a plurality ofsoftware components providing education and training programs, educationand training providers, and education and training program completers,the employer category including a plurality of software componentsproviding employer listing by industry, and employer listing byoccupation, the population and census category including a plurality ofsoftware components providing population, income, occupation by race andgender, and U.S. Census labor force, the income and wage categoryincluding a plurality of software components providing income,occupation wages, and covered employment wages, the industry categoryincluding a plurality of software components providing currentemployment statistics, covered employment and wages, industry employmentand projections, and staffing patterns, the labor force categoryincluding a plurality of software components providing labor forceemployment and unemployment, unemployment insurance claimants, laborsupply and demand, education and training completers, employment servicejob openings and applicants, and U.S. Census commuting patterns, theoccupation category including a plurality of software componentsproviding occupation wages, occupation employment and projections,unemployment insurance claimants, labor force supply and demand,occupational employment by industry, licensed occupations, andemployment service job openings and applicants, the area profilecategory including a plurality of software components providing historyor background, population, income, labor force statistics, unemploymentinsurance claimants, and unemployment wages, the economic indicatorscategory including a plurality of software components providing buildingpermits, tax revenues, property values, retail sales, and an inflationand price index. The processing components comprising the user interfacecomponent for selecting, displaying, and manipulating data sets, theexport component for saving data sets in spreadsheet format or delimitedtext format, the de-normalization component for consistent record namingregardless of the original data format or coding, the grouping componentfor grouping and ungrouping of attributes and data sets, thedepth-of-access component for drilling up and drilling down through datasets, the access control component for restricting public access to datasets and display options, the geography component for setting locationto national, state, county, metropolitan statistical area, wage region,planning region, other statistical areas, and staff-defined geographies,the timeframe component for setting date ranges of year, quarter, month,or other date range, the demographic component for sorting appropriatedata by demographic criteria, the income component for sortingappropriate data by type of income, the education component for sortingeducation providers by type of institution, the search component forfinding data sets by keyword, the state control component formaintaining all or partial user-selected state parameters across datacategories, the economic indicators component for viewing appropriatedata sets projected into the future, cross-reference components forviewing related data sets between industry, occupation, and educationdata types, automated data components that return a data set from abroader level of geography, timeframe, or user-specified criteria whereappropriate. A plurality of input/output client devices operativelycoupled with the server for the two-way communication of informationbetween the server and the client, the plurality of devices allowingaccess from researchers, employers, staff, and the like providing accessthrough a single user-friendly interface to self-service industry,occupation, and education information.

In another aspect of the present invention, a labor market informationanalyzer system for user manipulation of labor market data is describedhaving a server with components for categorizing data by at least twocategories selected from the group consisting of education, employer,population and census, income and wage, industry, labor force,occupation, area profile and economic indicators. A database of standarddata and proprietary data operatively coupled to the server and storesthe labor market data. Input/output client devices are operativelycoupled to the server for accessing the categorized data.

In another aspect of the present invention, a labor market informationanalyzer system for user manipulation of labor market data is describedhaving a server with components for categorizing data by at least twocategories selected from the group consisting of education, employer,population and census, income and wage, industry, labor force,occupation, area profile and economic indicators and access to bothstandard data and proprietary data operatively coupled to the server.Further, input/output client devices are coupled to the server toprovide the categorized data. At least tow categories are needed toprovide more complete views of the labor market in a given area orsector.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the invention in order that the detailed description thereofthat follows may be better understood and in order that the presentcontribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course,additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims attached.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of theinvention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited in its application to the details of construction and to thearrangements of the components set forth in the following description orillustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of otherembodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways.Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminologyemployed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not beregarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception,upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basisfor the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carryingout the several purposes of the present invention. It is important,therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalentconstructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe present invention.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation which has all of the advantages of pre-existing methods ofanalyzing labor market information and none of the disadvantages.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation which may be easily and efficiently manufactured andmarketed.

It is further object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation which is of durable and reliable constructions.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new andimproved computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture withregard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is thensusceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, therebymaking such computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation economically available to the buying public.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide acomputerized information system for analyzing labor market informationthat provides researchers, employers, staff, and the like withuser-friendly access through a single interface to self-serviceindustry, occupation, and education information.

Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new andimproved computerized information system for analyzing labor marketinformation comprising a server having a plurality of services forresearchers, employers, staff, and the like and a database ofinformation in standard and proprietary formats, and a plurality ofinput/output client devices.

These together with other objects of the invention, along with thevarious features of novelty which characterize the invention, arepointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming apart of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention,its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses,reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptivematter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of theinvention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be better understood and objects other than those setforth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is the system architecture of the computerized information systemfor analyzing labor market information.

FIG. 2 is a more detailed view of the system architecture showing theclient, server, and database.

FIG. 3 are the primary server and database components comprisingcategorizing and processing services, and data access.

FIG. 4 is the categorizing component detail comprising all thecomponents used to categorize labor market information.

FIG. 5 is the processing component detail comprising all the componentsused to process labor market information.

FIG. 6 is an industry category workflow example showing an operativedescription of analyzing labor market information.

FIG. 7 is an education category workflow example showing an operativedescription of analyzing labor market information.

FIG. 8 is an occupation category workflow example showing an operativedescription of analyzing labor market information.

FIG. 9 is a state control and depth-of-access workflow example showingan operative description of analyzing labor market information.

FIG. 10 is a cross-reference and automated data workflow example showingan operative description of analyzing labor market information.

The same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout thevarious Figures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIG. 1 thereof,the preferred embodiment of the new and improved computerizedinformation system for analyzing labor market information embodying theprinciples and concepts of the present invention and generallydesignated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

The present invention, a computerized information system for analyzinglabor market information 10 is comprised of a client 12 operativelycouple to a server 14 running a plurality of software componentsoperatively coupled to a database 62 containing a plurality of data.Software components in their broadest context include categorizingcomponents 16 and processing components 18 comprising: a plurality ofcategorizing components 16 including area profile 20, economicindicators 22, education 24, employer 26, income and wages 28, industry30, labor force 32, occupation 34, and population and census 36 and aplurality of processing components 18 including access control 40,automated data 42, cross-reference 44, de-normalization 46, demographic48, depth-of-access 50, economic projections 52, education 54, export56, geography 58, grouping 60, income 62, search 64, state control 66,timeframe 68, and user-interface 70. Such components are individuallyconfigured and correlated with respect to each other so as to attain thedesired objective. To provide comparative data, at least two of thesecomponents are used in a query.

A computerized information system for analyzing labor market information10 is used by researchers, job seekers, employers, staff, and others andallows all users to analyze labor market information through a singleuser interface 12. For example, a job seeker looking to relocate to aspecific geographic area can search for a combination of employers 26and income 62 to determine if he/she is a good match for that geography.

The server 14 has a plurality of categorizing components 16 includingarea profile 20, economic indicators 22, education 24, employer 26,income and wages 28, industry 30, labor force 32, occupation 34, andpopulation and census 36. To provide comparative data, at least two ofthese categorizing components are used in a typical query. For example,a job seeker can find the educational opportunities 24 and wageinformation 28 of a geographical area to help decide if relocation isfeasible. The same job seeker can also see what occupational areas 34are available and information regarding population and census 36 todetermine if the area is growing.

The area profile component 20 consists of a plurality of data setsincluding history or background 20A, population 20B, income 20C; laborforce statistics 20D, unemployment insurance claimants 20E, andunemployment wages 20F.

The economic indicators component 22 consists of a plurality of datasets including building permits 22A, tax revenue 22B, property values22C, retail sales 22D, and inflation and price index 22E.

The education component 24 consists of a plurality of data setsincluding education and training programs 24A, education and trainingproviders 24B, and education and training completers 24C.

The employer component 26 consists of a plurality of data sets includingemployer listing by industry 26A and employer listing by occupation 26B.

The income and wages component 28 consists of a plurality of data setsincluding income 28A, occupation wages 28B, covered employment wages28C, and U.S. census labor force 28D.

The industry component 30 consists of a plurality of data sets includingcurrent employment statistics 30A, covered employment wages 30B,industry employment and projections 30C, and staffing patterns 30D.

The labor force component 32 consists of a plurality of data setsincluding labor force employment and unemployment 32A, unemploymentinsurance claimants 32B, labor supply and demand 32C, education andtraining completers 32D, employment service job openings and applicants32E, and U.S. census commuting patterns 32F.

The occupation component 34 consists of a plurality of data setsincluding occupation wages 34A, occupation employment and projections34B, unemployment insurance claimants 34C, labor supply and demand 34D,occupational employment by industry 34E, licensed occupations 34F,employment service job openings and applicants 34G.

The population and census component 36 consisting of a plurality of datasets including population 36A, income 36B, occupation by race and gender36C, and U.S. census labor force 36D.

The server 14 also having a plurality of processing components 18including access control 40, automated data 42, cross-reference 44,de-normalization 46, demographic 48, depth-of-access 50, economicprojections 52, education 54, export 56, geography 58, grouping 60,income 62, state control 64, search 66, timeframe 68, and user-interface70.

The access control component 40 consisting of a plurality of processingobjects including restrict access to data sets 40A and restrict accessto display options 40B.

The automated data component 42 consists of a plurality of processingobjects providing data from a broader geography 42A, from a broadertimeframe 42B, and from a broader user-specified criteria 42C. Thecross-reference component 44 consisting of a plurality of processingobjects providing data from related industry data set 44A, relatedoccupation data set 44B, and related education data set 44C.

The de-normalization component 46 consists of a processing objectproviding consistent record naming 46A. The demographic component 48consists of a plurality of processing objects including ethnicity 48A,gender 48B, and other demographic data 48C.

The depth-of-access component 50 consisting of a plurality of processingobjects providing drill down through data sets 50A and drill up throughdata sets 50B. The economic projections component 52 consists ofprocessing objects providing future projections of appropriate data 52A.

The education component 54 consists of a plurality of processing objectsproviding type of educational institution 54A, education programs 54B,and education program completers 54C.

The export component 56 consists of a plurality of processing objectsincluding save data set to spreadsheet format 56A and save data set todelimited text 56B.

The geography component 58 consists of a plurality of processing objectsincluding national 58A, state 58B, county 58C, metropolitan statisticalareas 58D, wage region 58E, planning region 58F, other statistical area58G, and staff-defined geographies 58H.

The grouping component 60 consists of a plurality of processing objectsincluding grouping attributes and data sets 60A, and ungroupingattributes and data sets 60B.

The income component 62 consists of a processing object providing typeof income 62A. The search component 64 consists of a processing objectto find data set by keyword 64A.

The state control component 66 consists of a plurality of processingobjects including maintain all user-selected state parameters acrossdata categories 66A and maintain partial user-selected state parametersacross data categories 66B.

The timeframe component 68 consists of a plurality of processing objectsincluding year 68A, quarter 68B, month 68C, and other date range 68D.

The user interface component 70 consists of a plurality of processingobjects including select data set 70A, display data set 70B, andmanipulate data set 70C.

The present invention includes a database 72 of standard format data 74including America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS) format andother standard formats, and proprietary format data 76 optionallyrunning stored procedures 78 to manage data. The database includes aplurality of data categories including access control data 80,demographic data 82, economic data 84, education data 86, industry data88, and occupation data 90. The database 72 is operatively coupled withthe server 14 for the two way communication of information.

The present invention further includes a plurality of input/outputclient devices 12 such as personal computers operatively coupled withthe server 14 for the two way communication of information. Thiscoupling can be a direct connection, a dial-up connection, a local areanetwork or a wide area network such as the Internet. The plurality ofclient devices allows access from researchers, employers, staff, andothers by providing labor market information analysis through a singleuser interface.

The present invention overcomes the problems and disadvantages of theprior art by providing labor market information analysis of demographic,economic, education, industry, and occupation data. The system ensuresthat the ability to analyze specific data is available to all usersthrough a single user interface. Anyone with access to the Internet willbe able to access the system. The system can provide analysis to userswho might find it inconvenient to visit a physical location to barriers,such as lack of transportation, disability, or other barriers.

To enable broader access to labor market information analysis, thesystem can be equipped with interfaces specifically designed for blindor low vision users, Spanish-speaking users, and additional languages asrequired by the user community.

Data is stored in the ALMIS database structure defined by the U.S.Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. As suchthe system is able to share labor and economic data available fromfederal, state, and local agencies throughout the United States.

The present invention provides labor market information analysis usingthe latest three-tier system architecture. This structure eliminates theneed for field deployment of applications to the user. The only accessrequirement is an Internet browser. All operations will be performed onthe server side.

The present invention analyzes labor market information using astate-of-the-art delivery system providing functions via the Internet.It provides a total integration of the labor market information analysisin a way that allows staff and users of different skills and educationallevels to use the system. Under current labor market informationinitiatives, local systems are envisioned as components of a largerregional, state, and national system. The present invention providesthis function in one system since it will be based on a standardstructure and integrates directly into systems such as America's LaborMarket Information System (ALMIS) at the state and federal levels.

The present invention implements an adaptable labor market informationanalysis solution built from a software component library, permittingthe system to be customized to the exact needs of state, regional, andlocal boards and agencies. The system can also be easily modified tomeet changes in business rules and regulations and incorporateenhancements.

The present invention significantly improves labor market informationanalysis performance and user satisfaction by providing a common core ofinformation and easy access to key analysis services, the system willdramatically increase the quality of service provided by the boards andagencies. The result will be a significant increase in user access tolabor market information analysis. The system's easy and effectivemechanisms will connect a larger pool of researchers, employers, staffand others, and deliver overall improved labor market informationanalysis.

The present invention significantly improves labor market informationanalysis by serving a significant number of users via a singleeasy-to-use interface. The system effectively bridges the gap betweenusers needing labor market information analysis the data stored indifferent standard and proprietary formats.

The present invention provides unlimited use as an Internet/Intranetsolution. There is no limit to the number of users who can access thesystem. Any authorized users, provided they have Internet access, canaccess the system from any location, or from a computer at the physicallocation of the labor market information analysis center.

The present invention analyzes open and non-proprietary data fromexisting state and federal standard databases. The system analyzes datastored in the America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS) databasestructure defined by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment andTraining Administration. Any organization using the system can share thewealth of labor and economic data available from federal, state, andlocal agencies throughout the United States.

The present invention improves user choice by giving users optionscritical to a labor market information analyzer system. Researchers,employers, staff, and others will have choices in how and where they canobtain information and analysis, and will have access to the informationneeded to research and compile data from labor market informationanalysis.

As to the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, thesame should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, nofurther discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will beprovided.

With respect to the above description, it is to be realized that theoptimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, toinclude variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and mannerof operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obviousto one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to thoseillustrated in the drawings and described in the specification areintended to be encompassed by the present invention.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of theinvention.

1. A labor market information analyzer system for user-manipulation oflabor market data, the system comprising: a server having a plurality ofcomponents for categorizing data by at least two categories selectedfrom the group consisting of education, employer, population and census,income and wage, industry, labor force, occupation, area profile andeconomic indicators; a database of standard data and proprietary dataoperatively coupled to the server; and a plurality of input/outputclient devices operatively coupled to the server for accessing thecategorized data.
 2. The labor-market information analyzer system ofclaim 1, wherein the standard data in the database is from the America'sLabor Market Information System (ALMIS) database provided by the U.S.Department of Labor.
 3. The labor market information analyzer system ofclaim 1, wherein the proprietary data stored in the database includesaccess control data.
 4. The labor market information analyzer system ofclaim 1, whereas the plurality of input/output client devices allowaccess from users selected from the group consisting of job seekers,researchers, employers and staff.
 5. The labor market informationanalyzer system of claim 1, wherein the education category includes-aplurality of software components providing information selected from thegroup consisting of education and training program information,education and training provider information, and education and trainingprogram completer information.
 6. The labor market information analyzersystem of claim 1, wherein the employer category includes a plurality ofsoftware components providing information by one of the group consistingof employer listing by industry and employer listing by occupation. 7.The labor market information analyzer system of claim 1, wherein thepopulation and census category includes a plurality of softwarecomponents providing at least one data from the group consisting ofpopulation, income, occupation by race and gender, and U.S. Census laborforce.
 8. The labor market information analyzer system of claim 1,wherein the income and wage category includes a plurality of softwarecomponents providing at least one data from the group consisting ofincome, occupation wages and covered employment wages.
 9. The labormarket information analyzer system of claim 1, wherein the industrycategory includes a plurality of software components providing data fromat least one of the group consisting of current employment statistics,covered employment and wages, industry employment, and projections andstaffing patterns.
 10. The labor market information analyzer system ofclaim 1, wherein the labor force category includes a plurality ofsoftware components providing data from at least one of the groupconsisting of labor force employment and unemployment, unemploymentinsurance claimants, labor supply and demand, education and trainingcompleter information, employment service job opening and applicantinformation, and U.S. Census commuting patterns.
 11. The labor marketinformation analyzer system of claim 1, wherein the occupation categoryincludes a plurality of software components providing data from at leastone of the group consisting of occupation wages, occupation employmentand projections, unemployment insurance claimants, labor force supplyand demand, occupational employment by industry, licensed occupationsand employment service job openings/applicants.
 12. The labor marketinformation analyzer system of claim 1, wherein the area profilecategory includes a plurality of software components providing data fromat least one of the group consisting of history, background, population,income, labor force statistics, unemployment insurance claimants andunemployment wages.
 13. The labor market information analyzer system ofclaim 1, wherein the economic indicators category includes a pluralityof software components providing data from at least one of the groupconsisting of building permits, tax revenues, property values, retailsales, and an inflation and price index.
 14. A labor market informationanalyzer system for user-manipulation of labor market data, the systemcomprising: a server having a plurality of components for categorizingdata by at least two categories selected from the group consisting ofeducation, employer, population and census, income and wage, industry,labor force, occupation, area profile and economic indicators, theserver further comprising: the education category including a pluralityof software components providing information selected from the groupconsisting of education and training program information, education andtraining provider information, and education and training programcompleter information; the employer category including a plurality ofsoftware components providing employer listing by industry and employerlisting by occupation; the population and census category including aplurality of software components providing at least one data from thegroup consisting of population, income, occupation by race and genderand U.S. Census labor force; the income and wage category including aplurality of software components providing at least one data from thegroup consisting of income, occupation wages and covered employmentwages; the industry category including a plurality of softwarecomponents providing data from at least one of the group consisting ofcurrent employment statistics, covered employment and wages, industryemployment and projections and staffing patterns; the labor forcecategory including a plurality of software components providing datafrom at least one of the group consisting of labor force employment andunemployment, unemployment insurance claimants, labor supply and demand,education and training completer information, employment service jobopening and applicant information, and U.S. Census commuting patterns;the occupation category including a plurality of software componentsproviding data from at least one of the group consisting of occupationwages, occupation employment and projections, unemployment insuranceclaimants, labor force supply and demand, occupational employment byindustry, licensed occupations, and employment service job openings andapplicants; the area profile category including a plurality of softwarecomponents providing data from at least one of the group consisting ofhistory, background, population, income, labor force statistics,unemployment insurance claimants and unemployment wages; and theeconomic indicators category including a plurality of softwarecomponents providing data from at least one of the group consisting ofbuilding permits, tax revenues, property values, retail sales, and aninflation and price index; a database of standard and proprietaryindustry data operatively coupled to the server; and a plurality ofinput/output client devices operatively coupled to the server foraccessing the categorized data, the plurality of input/output clientdevices allowing access from job seekers, researchers, employers, andstaff with access to labor market information.
 15. A labor marketinformation analyzer system for user-manipulation of labor market data,the system comprising: a server means having a plurality of componentsfor categorizing data by at least two categories selected from the groupconsisting of education, employer, population and census, income andwage, industry, labor force, occupation, area profile and economicindicators; a means to access standard data and proprietary data, themeans to access operatively coupled to the server; and a means tocommunicate with a plurality of input/output client devices forproviding the categorized data, the means to communicate operativelycoupled to the server.
 16. The labor market information analyzer systemof claim 15, wherein the means to access standard data includes a meansto access the America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS) databaseprovided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
 17. The labor marketinformation analyzer system of claim 15, wherein the education categoryincluding a plurality of software components providing informationselected from the group consisting of education/training programinformation, education/training provider information, andeducation/training program completer information.
 18. The labor marketinformation analyzer system of claim 15, wherein the employer categoryincludes a plurality of software components providing employer listingby industry and employer listing by occupation.
 19. The labor marketinformation analyzer system of claim 15, wherein the population andcensus category includes a plurality of software components providing atleast one data from the group consisting of population, income,occupation by race/gender, and U.S. Census labor force.
 20. The labormarket information analyzer system of claim 15, wherein the income andwage category includes a plurality of software components providing atleast one data from the group consisting of income, occupation wages andcovered employment wages.
 21. The labor market information analyzersystem of claim 15, wherein the industry category includes a pluralityof software components providing data from at least one of the groupconsisting of current employment statistics, covered employment andwages, industry employment/projections, and staffing patterns.
 22. Thelabor market information analyzer system of claim 15, wherein the laborforce category includes a plurality of software components providingdata from at least one of the group consisting of labor force employmentand unemployment, unemployment insurance claimants, labor supply anddemand, education and training completer information, employment servicejob opening and applicant information, and U.S. Census commutingpatterns.
 23. The labor market information analyzer system of claim 15,wherein the occupation category includes a plurality of softwarecomponents providing data from at least one of the group consisting ofoccupation wages, occupation employment and projections, unemploymentinsurance claimants, labor force supply and demand, occupationalemployment by industry, licensed occupations, and employment service jobopenings and applicants.
 24. The labor market information analyzersystem of claim 15, wherein the area profile category includes aplurality of software components providing data from at least one of thegroup consisting of history, background, population, income, labor forcestatistics, unemployment insurance claimants and unemployment wages. 25.The labor market information analyzer system of claim 15, wherein theeconomic indicators category includes a plurality of software componentsproviding data from at least one of the group consisting of buildingpermits, tax revenues, property values, retail sales, and an inflationand price index.